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When you score, it’s because you make opportunities and then use them. Overall, PES 2015 leaves you feeling like you’re handling a team, not a group of unconnected star players. While you always feel in control, your attackers do a better job of supporting aggressive plays, while defenders seem to work harder to keep a tight leash on opposing strikers. There’s an urgent pace and flow to the action, where steady, tactical play can suddenly break into a full-on assault on the goal, and where cheap runs up the wing don’t often end up with the ball in the back of the net. Even those of us who would argue that FIFA 15 moved things in the right direction would admit that there are problems with its knockabout, end-to-end approach. The last few FIFAs have seen abrupt changes of direction and a struggle to balance fun and accessibility against authenticity.
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It’s a start, but it still needs work.īy now, it probably sounds like FIFA is still kicking sand in Pro Evo’s face and stealing its ice-cream, but Konami’s game makes its biggest strides forwards on the pitch. Meanwhile m圜lub has potential, but it’s nowhere near as accessible as Ultimate Team, with some really strange mechanics for scouting and transfers, and an awkward interface for managing your team. Only Manchester United make it in without an alias, and the addition of Championship clubs means you’ll spend more time than ever trying to work out who East Sussex or East Dorsetshire is meant to be. Team names are, as ever, a source of embarrassment. In Become a Legend, you only get control of that player, meaning you can spend half a match watching the action from the sidelines, and the rest only occasionally touching the ball. In FIFA you can manage your player’s career but still control the whole team on the pitch. While the major tournaments are covered with atmosphere and flair, Master League struggles with a slightly bewildering interface, while Become a Legend isn’t as flexible as FIFA’s equivalent. Most importantly, PES 2015 finally has an answer to FIFA’s popular Ultimate Team mode in m圜lub, an overhaul of Master League Online where it’s all about recruiting and building the best side you can field. There are online tournaments, online lobbies and a quick matchmaking option to get you straight into a game. We get Master League and Become a Legend career modes, UEFA Europa and Champions leagues, the AFC Champions League, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, while both the English premiership and champions leagues are represented. Weather and pitch deformation effects, while not that frequently used, also add to the real-world football feel.īeneath that, Pro Evo works harder to match FIFA’s wealth of modes. Arguably, Pro Evo’s handling of player-to-player and player-to-ball interactions is more convincing, with fewer of those weird-looking motions that drag you down to the uncanny valley.įIFA still has the better lighting, the better cloth dynamics, the better player likenesses and the better pitch, but PES no longer looks like a spruced-up last-gen title, and the close-ups of post-tackle injuries and goals can be eerily convincing. Players look more solid and convincing, hair and facial details are more lifelike, and the animation is top-notch. The graphics, meanwhile, show that Konami is getting to grips with the next-gen consoles. Crowd noise rises and falls in response to the onscreen action and the commentary from Jim Beglin and John Champion does the same, even if it grows worryingly repetitive within the space of a few matches. The menus have never been slicker, while the modern indie and EDM soundtrack is the best we’ve heard from a sports game in recent years. The skin-deep stuff is a big improvement on Pro Evo 2014.
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If you’ve sampled this year’s FIFA and decided that it’s not for you, then PES 2015 should be right on target.
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Not all of Konami’s efforts to match FIFA have borne fruit, but it no longer feels like a struggling Championship side in terms of features, and it gets things right on the pitch.
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After a few years in the doldrums, Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 sees Konami’s football series back on form and looking better than ever. Remember the good old days when FIFA had the modes, the teams and the slickest presentation, but Pro Evo had the edge on gameplay? Well, they’re back again.
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Available on PS4 (reviewed), Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, PC